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NSTA Press Book
The Changing Earth, Grade 8: STEM Road Map for Middle School
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.What if you could challenge your eighth graders to help people recognize ...
Journal Article
Distributing Expertise to Integrate Computational Thinking Practices
By MICHAEL CASSIDY, ELI TUCKER-RAYMOND, AND GILLIAN PUTTICK
Journal Article
In this secondary-level lesson, students will generate and prioritize questions about the novel coronavirus and evaluate scientific and/or technical i...
By William Reed
NSTA Press Book
Uncovering Student Ideas About Engineering and Technology: 32 New Formative Assessment Probes
New in 2020! Download and read a sample chapter from this book to learn more.Have you been wondering how well your students understand engineering and...
By Page Keeley, Cary Sneider, Mihir Ravel
Journal Article
Spicing Up Your Classroom With Games
When was the last time you sat in a classroom as a student instead of as the teacher? Did you notice what types of activities you enjoyed and which fr...
By Melanie Pearlman
Book Chapter
Human Impacts on Our Climate, Grade 6: STEM Road Map for Middle School (Book Sample)
What if you could challenge your sixth graders to come up with a way to help tackle climate change in their own community? With this volume in the STE...
Blog Post
How PLCs Helped Move Us Toward Equitable High School Assessment Practices
My colleagues and I began using units intentionally designed for the NGSS for biology in early 2017. We started with a high-quality unit evaluated by ...
By Holly Hereau
Blog Post
PLNs + High-Quality Units = NGSS Success
In June 2013, Kentucky’s Board of Education officially adopted the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS), which not only set a new course for sci...
By David Grossman
NSTA Press Book
Creating Engineering Design Challenges: Success Stories From Teachers
If you’ve ever wished for advice you can trust on how to make science and math more relevant to your middle or high school students, Creating Engine...
NSTA Press Book
Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Teacher Edition
How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy—even while we’re sleeping—to keep us alive a...
By AAAS/Project 2061
NSTA Press Book
Matter and Energy for Growth and Activity, Student Edition
How do our bodies manage to heal wounds, build the stamina to run marathons, and give us the energy—even while we’re sleeping—to keep us alive a...
By AAAS/Project 2061